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In my last post , I mentioned my other two planners that I will be using for 2018. These are my Kikki.K for my day job and my Carpe Diem for Tidying with Tania. So this post brings to you all the awesome details on these two 2018 planners.

Why three planners?

This is a very good question. It simply comes down to how I work and think and cope with fitting everything in. My Personal planner, Franklin Covey, which I shared in the first post is essentially my catch all, which helps me to see my months, weeks and days with full view of everything that I have to fit in. The other two planners are very specific to that part of my day and the details of what I need to do, and most importantly for me they are separated. I find that I like to work in "compartments" ...yip I just made that up...but it helps to describe how I work and why I have separate planners. If I had all the detail in one I would find it very confusing and overwhelming. Therefore the separate planners really help me to be focused.

My Carpe Diem - Tidying with Tania Planner

Obviously the name in itself is particularly motivating and totally apt for Tidying with Tania planner, or as is known my side hustle. This describes my wee business that I am slowly working on while doing my day job. This planner has to incorporate "the blog" as well as all my "business" goals and planning. For me this planner needs to be highly motivational to enable my inspiration so I need to really love working with it but it also needs to be functional and mean "business".....got my business socks on!

You will note a bit of a theme from my personal planner in how I set things up in this planner, however I have made specific sections in this folder for what I need to help me with the post schedules, planning and achieving my goals. I have 7 main sections;

Inbox - ideas or notes I take during the day

Month - month on a page

Week - week on a page

Goals - My 2018 Strategy goals

Plans - 90 day plans - editorial calendar

Projects - project planning sheets

Quarterly Reviews - progress log

Within the Month and Week sections I have sub folders;

Monthly to do

Monthly review

Weekly to do

Weekly Review

I also have three separate sections at the back;

Admin - reference information

Miracle Morning - My inspiration boards and affirmations

Readings - note pages

The inserts are mainly from Designerblogs.com , they are specifically designed for bloggers and I love the style of the inserts. They are functional and stylish, my ideal combination. I have also made some others myself on Google docs.

My Kikki.K - Day job planner

So this planner is quite different as it's designed to complement my electronic planning. All my monthly, weekly, and schedule , emails etc are all managed within Outlook. I do find that I use a notebook, of which over the years I have refined to three main sections;

Today - daily (undated) which I section out with notes/emails/actions

Meetings - notes pages

Coaching - note pages

As a side note - I use my "Today" page to simply write notes that pop up during the day, also any actions and emails I need to follow up on from activities during the day. I transfer these every day into my calendar and to do list

Additionally I have four other sections;

Actions - my master To Do list

Plans - Business Plan and 90 day plans

Diary - Just note key important dates - travel and conferences

Notes - general notes section

I am using a Kikki.k large personal planner similar to this one . All the inserts are Kikki.K and came with the planner. As I love to personalise my planners, as with the others I have made my own dividers. I got this great card stock that is themed on Coffee from the Warehouse Stationery which is perfect for a work planner!. Functional and stylish combination..boom!. I am in love with the grey and pink and this goes well with my "pink" summer bag.

Well folks that's the overview of all three of my planners done. Let me know what you think. Has this inspired you to start using a planner? Need any help with choosing a planner? How to use it? Just drop me a line, you know I love planners so would love to help. Also share what planners you use and how you use them.

Have a fabulous week and we will catch up in my next post.

Final note, don't forget to check out the details on the amazing giveaway that I have for this month.....see all the details below.

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Now for the most exciting news. I have a beautiful 2018 planner from Create 365 The Happy Planner, to giveaway this month to help you to plan and achieve your goals. All you need to do is to ensure that you have signed up to my newsletter below and you will go in the draw to receive this fantastic giveaway. All existing subscribers are included so you do not need to sign up again.

Tidying with Tania

Tidying with Tania is all about helping busy women to keep the clutter away. As an expert organiser Tania provides simple techniques in organizing and planning to control the clutter, so you can relax guilt free!

Hi, I'm Tania

.............welcome to Tidying with Tania. I am an empty nester and midlifer who happens to be a decluttering and organising expert. I love sharing my experiences, ideas and tips for repurposing spaces and rooms, renovating and decorating, simplifying, decluttering and organising for your home, garden and life.

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